Borrowing a sword

Chapter 29 Pill King Token
The atmosphere inside the dungeon was somber.

No one spoke, except Liu Chengqi, who lay on the ground, screaming in agony.

Realizing what had happened, Liu Chenggong quickly went to help his cousin.

"Father! Father!"

"Shut up!"

A look of uncertainty returned to Liu Tianfeng's face.

Chu Huaixu, who was half a head taller than the old man, stared at him, and he stared back at Chu Huaixu.

Youthful arrogance! Truly youthful arrogance!
Deacon Liu, consumed by boundless rage, struggled for a long time.

His old hands, hidden beneath his robe, were trembling slightly, and he seemed about to lash out several times!

Having a child in middle age is his lifeline, since his own manhood is already old and deteriorating.

But this young man in front of me is just too arrogant.

Such arrogance could only come from someone with immense power and influence!

Moreover, the old man was about to stop Chu Huaixu when Niu Yuanshan blocked him with his spiritual power, which prevented him from providing timely support.

"The guy surnamed Niu definitely knows his background!"

Niu Yuanshan is behaving strangely today; something is definitely amiss!
Liu Tianfeng even felt that this guy surnamed Niu was trying to curry favor with the young man.
His overwhelming rage was forcibly suppressed by reason, and he succumbed to the Sixth Elder's tyranny.

Liu Tianfeng took a deep breath and declared, "Today's events were entirely my son's fault. He broke the rules, and I will take him back and give him a proper dressing down!"

Liu Chengqi, whose ribs were broken again, felt like he couldn't swallow his anger. His eyes were bloodshot, his mind was a mess, and he felt like he was going crazy.

Liu Chenggong, who was supporting him, gripped his right hand tightly and kept giving him hints with his eyes.

He now understood why the man had reacted that way when he, the deputy captain of the enforcement team, went to arrest him.

Now that I think about it carefully, it was all just a case of being fearless and having nothing to lose!

"Who exactly is he?!" Liu Chenggong was shocked.

He squatted on the ground and looked up, only to see that Chu Huaixu was also glancing in his direction, looking down at him.

Their eyes met, and Liu Chenggong felt a sudden jolt.

He realized that he had already offended the other party!

After remaining silent for a few seconds, Chu Huaixu said to Deacon Liu, "Understood. Let Senior Brother Liu recover slowly."

"This disciple will take his leave now."

The reason Chu Huaixu struck out with this palm was simply because he had a powerful backer; there was nothing else to it.

You've already tried to kill me, and I haven't done anything yet. Am I supposed to go home and play it safe for a while before coming back to get revenge?

Just like in many parenting videos, it's about "teaching children to delay gratification," right?
What I value most is to enjoy life to the fullest! A clear and open mind!

After the three of them left the dungeon, Chu Huaixu gave Niu Yuanshan a grateful look.

Old Niu smiled slightly at him, and the two understood each other without saying a word.

"loyalty!"

Chu Huaixu still felt no sense of belonging to the [organization], after all, he had not been trained or brainwashed.

Even the system assigned him the "faction" of "Taoist sect" rather than "organization".

However, his personal favorability towards Lao Niu has surged.

Niu Yuanshan really has a strong sense of approachability.

The slightly hunched, square-faced middle-aged man raised his right hand and waved to Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang, saying, "Come on, let's go back and talk as we walk."

He tucked his hands into his sleeves and led the two young men toward his small courtyard.

He kept talking non-stop the whole way, which seemed a little long-winded.

"I imagine you're all curious about the purpose of these two jade pendant fragments that I helped you obtain."

"This jade pendant is very useful, so you'd better listen carefully to what I'm about to say, hehe."

"Oh, by the way, before I start, I need to ask you all, do you know the Pill King?"

"The King of Pills?" Han Shuangjiang said softly, "I've seen him in storybooks, the King of Pills."

Niu Yuanshan looked ahead with reverence in his eyes and began to give an introduction.

"The Pill King, born in the Moon Kingdom, is a rare eighth-realm cultivator in the world. His alchemy skills are so extraordinary that he is hailed as the number one person below the Dao Ancestor in the Dao of Alchemy." "Half of the formulas for the current high-grade and super-grade spiritual pills are from his hand."

"For example, the Xuan Tian Tai Xi Dan (玄天胎息丹)."

"In fact, many alchemists believe that the Pill King is comparable to the Dao Ancestor in the art of alchemy!"

Niu Yuanshan paused briefly. His official identity was, after all, that of a Taoist deacon, so he stated clearly, "Of course, our Taoist sect absolutely does not agree with this."

Chu Huaixu also had some understanding of this matter.

In terms of overall contribution, the number of formulas for high-grade and super-grade elixirs created by the Dao Ancestor is actually not large, only one-third of that of the Pill King.

However, there was no way around it; the Qi-Opening Pill was simply too powerful. Dao Ancestor essentially lowered the threshold for cultivation single-handedly, ushering in a golden age of cultivation for the Xuanhuang Realm.

As for the high-end products produced by the Pill King, not only ordinary people, but even ordinary cultivators cannot benefit from them.

After all, top-grade and super-grade elixirs use rare and precious materials, are incredibly expensive, and are often unavailable even when priced.

At this moment, Niu Yuanshan continued, "Guess why the Pill King has so many followers in the alchemy world?"

Before the two could answer, Old Niu gave the answer himself.

"Because the Pill King took in too many disciples throughout his life."

"Then, his disciples took on disciples, and his disciples took on disciples, and over the years, there have been a large number of his disciples and grand-disciples in the alchemy world."

Chu Huaixu was also aware of this.

The Pill King loves taking on disciples, regardless of your talent in alchemy; it all depends on his mood and whether he finds you pleasing to the eye.

As a rogue cultivator, he was neither affiliated with any sect nor faction.

When accepting apprentices, he does not care about their lineage or nationality.

Because he doesn't teach cultivation at all; he only teaches alchemy and acts as a teacher of alchemy.

As a result, even disciples from some of the four major sects in the Eastern Continent Mirror Kingdom would seek him out as an apprentice to learn alchemy.

The Taoist school is no exception.

Niu Yuanshan continued, “Dan Wang had a total of 12 true disciples, 129 ordinary disciples, and a number of nominal disciples that he probably couldn’t even remember.”

"It's ridiculous, even now, there are people in the alchemy world who use the name of the Pill King's lineage to swindle and deceive, claiming that their lineage's founder was once the Pill King's disciple."

"But in fact, because the Pill King never looks at talent when accepting disciples, and because he is so engrossed in the Dao of Alchemy, he doesn't have that much time to guide so many disciples, resulting in a wide range of alchemy skills among them."

"Of course, there are some outstanding ones among them. Several of my disciples have become alchemy masters," Old Niu said.

At this point, he suddenly stopped, looked at the two young men with a serious expression, and said:

"The jade tablet fragments you two obtained are actually fragments of a Pill King Token."

Chu Huaixu already knew this, but as someone who was just playing along, how could he not understand the emotional value he was giving? He immediately gasped and exclaimed, "The Pill King's Token!"

Han Shuangjiang was also slightly taken aback, and was surprised.

“Yes, it’s the Pill King Token. In addition to the nominal disciples, every official disciple of the Pill King has a Pill King Token to show their identity.” Niu Yuanshan said with a gentle smile.

He continued, "You should know that many of our Taoist predecessors followed the example of the Taoist Ancestor and set up a secret realm somewhere in the [Mountain Beyond the Mountain] before their passing, leaving behind their legacy and opportunities."

Chu Huaixu nodded.

Han Shuangjiang, a newbie, had never heard of this before, so she looked at him with surprise.

Niu Yuanshan pointed at the two of them: "Your jade tablet fragments are the keys to a secret realm. Although that senior from the Daoist sect is not among the twelve true disciples, he is still a formal disciple of the Pill King."

"Although the alchemy skills of the disciples of the Pill King vary, they are at least not too bad."

"Ahem, there is still a basic line."

Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang exchanged a glance and both realized how precious the jade pendant fragment was.

In Chu Huaixu's memory, when "Borrowing Swords" first went into open beta, players were still in the newbie phase.

The storage ring left behind by a cultivator at the third realm caused a sensation on the game forums, prompting major game guilds to take action and turning it into a sleepless night.

Surely this formal disciple of the Pill King wouldn't be inferior to an ordinary cultivator in the third realm?

Niu Yuanshan looked at them, his smile widening, and said:

"Finally, I have one last point. This senior may be looking for a piece of unpolished jade, so only those without spiritual power can enter this secret realm."

“You two children in the Qi Refining stage perfectly meet this condition.”

(End of this chapter)